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Videos of our conference in Oslo last week on "Editing in the age of misinformation" are being added to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMhE3Xc-nXX1avtbKdA6oSzT078_QL1lV&si=ADwa1nCLlUR_ThL5

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Ashley Cooper chairs a panel on misconceptions around what manuscript editors do, and their responsibilities in helping to avoid misinformation.

Véronique Gebala, @Nature, values persuasive cover letters. Yateen Joshi says the key to acceptance is substance of the article - though that only comes when it is sent to reviewers. Journal may use other issues to screen out submissions.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-10/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditors #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #Misinformation

Ashley Cooper at the EASE conference podium. She's a smiling white woman with shoulder length black hair and glasses, wearing an off-white jacket and a light grey top.

Intercepting Misconduct - Practical Tips for Editors is chaired by Jason Roberts, with Paula Saikkonen, Dan Stuckey, and Ines Steffens.

Our final session today brings together experts sharing practical, low-cost ways to detect and prevent research misconduct - especially valuable for editors at smaller journals.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-7/

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity

The panel posing for a photo and smiling at the EASE conference.

EASE is grateful for the kind invitation by the mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, and the generous hospitality of Oslo city hall. To protect science from disinformation, scientists and science editors must not forget they are citizens at first. The way to safeguard trustworthiness of science and ensuring its rigor and integrity is to engage with citizens and empower their critical thinking skills.

#EASEevents #Disinformation #ScienceEditing #PeerReview #Conference2025 #EASEoslo

Oslo mayor Anne Lindboe speaking at a lectern at the City Hall at thr EASE welcome reception. She is a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing a bright red jacket with shoulder pads, a gold mayoral chain, and grey trousers.

The 23rd Annual General Meeting of EASE in Oslo is opened by Cem Uzun, giving thanks to our council, committees, chapters, special interest groups, and 600+ members. 🇳🇴
#Conference2025 #EASEoslo #EASEevents #JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #Norway

Cem Uzun at the podium of the EASE AGM. He's a Turkish man with short greying hair, wearing glasses and a grey suit and checked tie.

Coming soon: EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors. Part I begins online Wed 19 March, Part II in the Autumn.

Part I:
19/3: Journal structure & management, Duncan Nicholas
26/3: #PublicationEthics, Joan Marsh
2/4: #PeerReview processes, Serge Horbach
9/4: Journal visibility, promotion, indexing, Are Brean

£80 for EASE members
£160 for non-members
(low-income country discount)

#JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #Training #AcademicJournals #AcademicMastodon

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Wednesdays, March-April 2025

EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors

PART I: Modules 1-4

Journal structure and management

Publishing ethics for editors

Peer review processes

Visibility, promotion and indexing

bit.ly/EASEjournaleditorschool

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It was great to see so many EASE members at our Awards ceremony last week, where we celebrated those who have made the largest contributions to the growth and success of EASE over the past year. 📈🏆

The recording is now on our YouTube channel, so you can catch up if you missed it. 📽️

Watch the ceremony now and read about the winners: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4QNzzN-01ls

#EASEawards #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #AmEditing #Winners #YouTube #ResearchAwards #AcademicCommunity

Sign this declaration to #DefendResearch against US government censorship: https://tinyurl.com/2dyadwzr

#ScholComm #Censorship #BannedTerms #USgovernment #AcademicFreedom #JournalEditing #JournalPublishing #ResearchPublishing #ScienceEditing #CallToAction #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholarlyResearch

Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship, V.1.1

Drafted by Lisa Schiff (@lschiff.bsky.social), Alice Meadows (@alicemeadows.bsky.social), Catherine Mitchell (@camitchell.bsky.social), Sara Rouhi (@RouhiRoo.bsky.social), and Peter Suber (@petersuber@fediscience.org).

Last updated: February 13 2025

Signatories last updated: February 13, 2025, 8:34 pm PT

This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent and ongoing acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. You can show your support by completing this signatory form. All are welcome to sign, from any nation or occupation.

EASE Update - Issue 3
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ease-update-issue-3-easeeditors-c6aie

We chat about Bluesky, poster presentations - and invite YOU to submit one to our Oslo Conference - take a look at some of the recent community action across the Association, highlight the latest publications from European Science Editing including a new Structured Peer Review Checklist, and more.

#EASEupdate #JournalPublishing #ResearchPublishing
#JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #PeerReview #Conference2025 #PosterPresentations

EASE Update, issue 3. A glowing white square speech bubble on a black background.

Introducing our Ukrainian Chapter 🇺🇦

It aims to:
* Support the professional development of science editors in Ukraine
* Foster collaboration among editors, researchers, & publishers
* Promote best practice in scientific editing & publication
* Enhance the quality & ethics of scientific publication
* Exchange ideas & experiences to advance science editing in Ukraine

Read: https://ease.org.uk/communities/regional-chapters/ease-ukraine/
Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ukrainian-regional-chapter-ease/

#ScienceEditing #UkrainianScience #Introduction #ScienceForUkraine

EASE statement on the invasion of Ukraine

The European Association of Science Editors issues this statement in support of our Ukrainian members and all peoples of Ukraine.

We are absolutely opposed to war in our modern age and are collectively appalled by the invasion and aggression brought upon the nation of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.

The mission of EASE is to improve the global standard and quality of scholarly publishing by promoting the value of science editors and supporting professional development, research, and collaboration. We are proud of our global network of members, and the communities we have built through our Regional Chapter activities in, among other countries around the world, Ukraine and Russian Federation, and we are deeply saddened by current events.

We wish to support all Ukrainian scholarly publishing endeavours through this period as far as we are able. For our Ukrainian Chapter, all Ukrainian members and all Ukrainians involved in scholarly editorial roles, we are offering complimentary membership to EASE and access to all our resources from now until the end of 2023.

We will continue to provide our resources and events for our Ukrainian Chapter as much as can be organised and will make available all materials to be accessed whenever possible. We will also be working with our membership to investigate ways to support Ukrainian editors and minimize disruption to scholarly communications in the region.

Beyond EASE, we support all global..

EASE Update, the new bi-monthly newsletter from the European Association of Science Editors, is out now on LinkedIn and our new mailing list.

Each issue will highlight a few activities from EASE, our members, and our wider circle, sharing new developments, helpful details, and insights to support every Editorial role in the research publishing cycle.

Like and subscribe!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ease-update-issue-1-easeeditors-jeqge

#AcademicPublishing #JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #LinkedIn #ScholComm #JournalPublication

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Our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee has launched a new survey on the roles, policies, and practices around EDI across academic publishing.

We invite all involved in journal editing to complete this short survey (<10 mins): https://ease.org.uk/event/59609/

The survey closes 31 January; the results will be presented in a webinar on 19 March.

#EASEedi #EquityDiversityandInclusion #EDI #AcademicPublishing #DEIA #JournalEditing #JournalPublication #ScholComm #ScienceEditing #AcademicLife

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey

Open from 3 - 31 January 2024

bit.ly/easeedisurvey

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The lessons from the experience of SPIRIT* protocol editors published in "Trials" make for good reading and training materials:
https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-022-06316-7

*Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT)

#RCT #PeerReview #NightshiftEditor #ReportingGuidelines #ScienceEditing

Some #SysReviews make me wonder where the efforts of the "critical appraisal" modules go. And what we generally assume about #ScienceEditing and #PeerReview:

"For this study we only considered studies published in Q1 and Q2 journals in [ranking system], in order to guarantee intra-rater convergence."
[redacted from original]

#NightshiftEditor #ResearchAssessment

Reflections on this week's #NightshiftEditor sessions:

1) Suggestions to limit potential misunderstandings when presenting multiple effect estimates
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/177/4/292/147738
#Table2Fallacy

2) From the instant classic "on the 12th day of Christmas, a statistician sent to me":
(i) "Do not dichotomise continuous variables"
(ii) "Carefully account for missing data" #STROBE
https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-072883

3) We all can work on asking better research questions
https://rdcu.be/diEEb

#HRQL #ScienceEditing

I manage two other accounts here: @ukrio for my work at the UK Research Integrity Office, and @EASE for the European Association of Science Editors, for which I'm treasurer.

Go on, give them a follow.

#ScienceEditing #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceMastodon #SciComm #EuropeanAssociationOfScienceEditors #UKRIO #EASEeditors

New in European Science Editing
- developed from procedures at
@thelancet, Danielle Gash and Christopher Wortley provide a flexible practical guide for publishing professionals to navigate the complexities of managing and acquiring image rights and reuse permissions.

https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2023.e96778

#EurSciEd #Copyright #ImagePermissions #JournalPublishing #ScienceEditing #Licensing #ScientificIllustration

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Artistic licence: artwork permission practices at The Lancet group

Danielle Gash & Christopher Wortley

"Artwork within publications, such as graphs, diagrams, and photographs, is typically published under a copyright licence where needs to be sought. The various image rights can be difficult to navigate, especially in the era of open access. At The Lancet we have developed a streamlined workflow to guide our teams on artwork permission processes in our journals. This viewpoint provides a practical guide for other publishing professionals, which can be adapted to meet their resources and needs."

doi.org/10.3897/ese.2023.e96778

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The @EASE Council Panel webinar is fast approaching!

Join us Tues. 21st March for a discussion on the ways EASE can help address the most pressing issues in scholarly publishing.

This is a fully open session, free to anyone interested, and will be a great opportunity to learn about EASE, start getting involved (and become a member!), share your own thoughts, and get to know our Council members.

https://bit.ly/EASEPanelMarch23

#EASEevents #AcademicPublishing #JournalEditing #ScienceEditing

A new Review paper in European Science Editing from Tom Lang discusses the serious impacts of inaccuracies and discrepancies between cited and source materials, and problems of bias in selecting sources.

Advice for when and where sources should be cited is offered.

https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2023.e94153

#EuropeanScienceEditing #TomLang #ScienceEditing #Citations #Referencing #ScienceWriting